Strange brew: Oddities & Curiosities Expo offers ‘all things weird’ for collectors and the curious Attendees can pause from perusing vendor booths and be awed by the sideshow entertainment. Performers include Finnegan's Circus, a three-man comedy circus troupe that specializes in classic American circus sideshow entertainment. Friday, February 28th, 2020 at 12:02AM
Move over, Honeycrisp: New apple to debut at grocery stores They call it the Cosmic Crisp. It's not a video game, a superhero or the title of a Grateful Dead song. It's a new variety of apple, coming to a... Published: Saturday, October 19th, 2019 at 3:16PMUpdated: Saturday, October 19th, 2019 at 3:17PM
A smuggler describes how children die and he gets rich on border Roberto the coyote can see a stretch of border fence from his ranch in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, about a mile south of El Paso. Smuggling drugs and people to 'el... Saturday, October 19th, 2019 at 3:03PM
Big changes to grueling Special Forces course draw scrutiny Deep in the dark North Carolina woods, a small white light flickers in the heavy underbrush. It's after midnight and a soldier is taking a risk by turning on his... Published: Sunday, October 13th, 2019 at 5:19PMUpdated: Sunday, October 13th, 2019 at 5:19PM
America's last slave ship could offer a case for reparations Alabama steamship owner Timothy Meaher financed the last slave vessel that brought African captives to the United States, and he came out of the Civil War a wealthy man. His... Published: Saturday, October 5th, 2019 at 1:16PMUpdated: Saturday, October 5th, 2019 at 2:51PM
Americans' struggles with medical bills are a foreign concept in other countries In France, a visit to the doctor typically costs the equivalent of $1.12. A night in a German hospital costs a patient roughly $11. And in the Netherlands -- one... Saturday, September 21st, 2019 at 3:35PM
'When you are in, you can't get out': Women describe how Jeffrey Epstein controlled them For two decades, Jeffrey Epstein built a sex trafficking enterprise that reached across state borders and spanned the globe. Using an almost bottomless quarry of wealth and connections, he not... Published: Saturday, September 21st, 2019 at 3:00PMUpdated: Saturday, September 21st, 2019 at 3:06PM
Solid gold toilet stolen from Winston Churchill's birthplace A unique solid gold toilet that was part of an art exhibit was stolen early Saturday from the magnificent home in England where British wartime leader Winston Churchill was born.... Published: Saturday, September 14th, 2019 at 12:39PMUpdated: Saturday, September 14th, 2019 at 12:39PM
UK worries Brexit could bring 'chlorinated chicken' from US Could Brexit bring America's 'chlorinated chicken' to the United Kingdom? The European Union has long refused to import poultry from the United States that is routinely rinsed with chemical washes... Published: Sunday, September 8th, 2019 at 8:37PMUpdated: Sunday, September 8th, 2019 at 8:38PM
Bottle with man's ashes resumes journey in Gulf of Mexico A bottle containing the ashes of a Texas man along with some handwritten notes from loved ones has been returned to the Gulf of Mexico, resuming its ocean journey after... Published: Sunday, September 8th, 2019 at 8:15PMUpdated: Sunday, September 8th, 2019 at 8:15PM
